²¹ Now it came to pass, after they had departed, that they came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said to David, ^(A)“Arise and cross over the water quickly. For thus has Ahithophel advised against you.”

Hushai Warns David to Escape

^15 (A)Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised. ¹⁶ Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, ‘Do not spend this night ^(B)in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily cross over, lest the king and all the people who are with him be swallowed up.’ ”